Research Journal Assignment #8

RJA #8a-Websites
Search Engines
Resource searched: http://www.ask.com/
Keywords: early childhood education
Date of search: October 8, 2009
Number of hits:12,000,000
Relevance: 5

Resource searched: http://www.bing.com/
Keywords: preschool, education, benefits
Search strings: preschool NEAR education NEAR benefits
Date of search: October 8, 2009
Number of hits: 1,480
Relevance: 6

Meta and Multi Search Engines
Resource searched: http://www.info.com/
Keywords: preschool, education, benefits
Search strings: preschool NEAR education NEAR benefits
Date of search: October 8, 2009
Number of hits:60
Relevance: 5


Directories
Resource searched:http://.dir.yahoo.com
Keywords:preschool education
Search strings: preschool NEAR education NEAR benefits
Date of search: October 8, 2009
Number of hits: 1,704
Relevance:6


Invisible Web Search Toools
Resource searched: http://www.incywincy.com/
Keywords: preschool, benefits, education
Date of search: October 8, 2009
Number of hits:22,875
Relevance: 5


Other Search tools
Resource searched: http://dir.webring.com/rw
Keywords: benefits, preschool, education
Date of search: October 8, 2009
Number of hits:144
Relevance:5

RJA #8b- Social Media
Resource searched:http://blogsearch.google.com
Keywords used: benefits, preschool
Date of search: October 8, 2009
Number of hits:42,184
Relevance: 4

Resource searched: addictomatic.com--wordpress.com
Keywords: benefits, preschool, education
Date of search: October 8, 2009
Number of hits: 4,981
Relevance: 5

RJA # 8c- Multimedia
Resource searched: www.blinkx.com--cnn.com
keywords: benefits, preschool, education
Date of search: October 8, 2009
Number of hits: 37
Relevance:5